July 4th in D.C. is the way to go

Here are a few of our highlights...

Before our journey west...

we stopped off at the New Jersey shore for some afternoon fun.

Classic boardwalk rides

Connor and Aubrey

Thumbs upand thumbs down

Lovin' the beach

So long New Jersey...

Goodbye New Jersey Friends

Connor with his buddy Johnny

The Bergheim Family

The Dent Family

The Stevensen Family

The Hunter Family

Porter and Braxton Rich

Connor, Ben, Kate, Aubrey, and Elijah

Aubrey and Emma

The Crane's

Kindergarten and Third Grade Celebrations

Connor making silly faces with his buddies after the third grade promotion.

Aaron was all smiles after the third grade clapout. All the students, teachers, and parents clap as the third graders exit the school.

Aaron receiving his third grade graduation certificate from his third grade teacher, Ms. Pimenta.

Mrs. McCarthy handed out the kindergarten graduation certificates. Connor was very proud.

Connor loved his kindergarten teacher Mrs. Melvin.

Baseball season is over...

Believe it or not, but this was actually our first time ever having our boys participate with a team sport. We had a great time practicing and playing and hope that the boys will be interested in the future.

Aaron had a good experience with his baseball team. There were some great boys on his team and other than getting hit by one too many pitches, he really seemed to enjoy playing. Mike was able to help out as an assistant coach and it was great to have dad involved. Their record was 7-5. We're really proud of Aaron for being eager to play and for having a good attitude about playing. Way to go Aaron!

The silly picture...

Here's Connor with his T-ball team. Connor bumped into lots of his preschool and kindergarten friends at the games. It was always fun to see familiar faces having a good time. The last few games, the coaches started pitching to the boys and they did really well with this. They just kept pitching until the boys would get a hit and all the boys got to run the bases.

The Bronx Zoo

Aaron had the opportunity to go on the Third Grade fieldtrip to the Bronx Zoo this year. It was a lot of fun. I was able to chaperone on the trip. Above is the group we had with us.

Aaron's buddies, Matt and Nick. Can you see the baby giraffe in the background?

The reptile house was a hit. Here's a few shots of some of the interesting things we saw.

This is a snake-like turtle. I had never seen anything like it before. It was so interesting to see this long snake-like head slithering about in the water. It really looked out of place with the shell.

This is a building that is located in the central area of the zoo. I thought it was neat looking.

Here is the baby rhino. Sorry it's a terrible shot but we were on a monorail and this was the best I could get. It was so so cute.

Here's Aaron with his buddy, Sam. They also played on the same baseball team this spring and it was nice for Aaron to have a friend from school.

Can you see the camouflaged reptile in this picture? You may have to zoom in.